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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.7.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 7: Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy. Mantharā warns of danger to Bharata, Kaikeyī rewards her and declares equal affection for both princes

In the sequence: she asks a nurse why everyone is celebrating and why Kausalyā is distributing gifts → the nurse explains that Rāma will be installed as heir the next day

2.7.6

vidīryamāṇā harṣeṇa dhātrī paramayā mudā
ācacakṣe 'tha kubjāyai bhūyasīṃ rāghave śriyam

The nurse, bursting with joy, then with the greatest delight told the hunchback of the abundant good fortune coming to Rāghava:

Words: vidīryamāṇā — bursting, overflowing; harṣeṇa — with joy; dhātrī — the nurse; paramayā — with the greatest; mudā — with delight; ācacakṣe — told, announced; 'tha — then; kubjāyai — to the hunchback; bhūyasīṃ — abundant, great; rāghave — for Rāghava; śriyam — fortune, prosperity

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.